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10:00 AM.RNZ Music is proud to share this exclusive live version of Finn Andrews’ song ‘One by the Venom’, from his forthcoming solo album One Piece at a Time, which is out March 15. Read more Video

12:00 PM.The music of Rhye is seductive soul, an exploration of long-term love that feels almost voyeuristic to listen to. Ahead of their Auckland Festival show, Kirsten Johnstone speaks to the man behind it… Read more Video, Audio

7:00 PM.In this week's Pocket Edition we talk to Jason Williamson from acerbic Brit duo Sleaford Mods, Tiny Ruins' Hollie Fullbrook, and Neko Case. Read more Audio

3:30 PM.Originally from Auckland, Isaiah B Brunt, a former Darling Harbour studio owner had a successful career in the studio business working with a number of key Australian artists. Read more Audio

2:40 PM.Tonight Eminem is playing Wellington's Westpac Stadium in front of what is believed to be a record crowd of 45,000. Supporting him on his Rapture tour are Australian hip hop crew Hilltop Hoods who… Read more Audio

2:20 PM.A Greyhound bus full of released prisoners; the trouble with sparklers; and a scooter crash in Zanzibar. Just some of the things that inspired lyrics on Tiny Ruins' new album Olympic Girls. Hollie… Read more Video, Audio

2:00 PM.Luke Walker from Flamingo Pier introduces their song 'Find Your Way'. Read more Audio

7:00 PM.On this week's Pocket Edition we talk to Mark Day from UK legends Happy Mondays, and host a live session from Australian singer-songwriter Julia Jacklin. Read more Audio

4:00 PM.Garth Cartwright, a New Zealand-born, London-based music and arts writer chooses tunes and talks to Trevor Reekie about hitting the road, exploring new places, absorbing the music and encouraging the… Read more Audio

Aotearoa soul supergroup Love And Hope join Yadana Saw in the Music 101 studio. Read more Audio

2:00 PM.Two Auckland Festival shows in March put waiata Māori front and centre - a free sing-along event in Aotea Square called Tira, and another called Tōku Reo Waiata. The brains behind the shows, Tama… Read more Video, Audio

1:00 PM.Australian singer-songwriter Julia Jacklin joins us in studio for a live performance and a chat about her new album Crushing. Read more Video, Audio

3:56 PM.In the late 80s and early 90s, Manchester’s The Happy Mondays had a reputation as a hedonistic, drug fuelled hot mess of a band. Amazingly, they're still alive and touring. Johnny Vahry caught up with… Read more Video, Audio

2:06 PM.The Song Crush team enthuse over new music by Aldous Harding, Chaka Khan, Weyes Blood, The Better Oblivion Community Centre and much more.  Read more Video, Audio

7:00 PM.On this week's Pocket Edition we chat with Aussie teen punks The Chats, go deep with Christchurch stalwarts Al Park and Adam McGrath, and host a live performance from ex-pat Lydia Cole. Read more Audio

8:00 AM.OUT NOW: Rū Ana Te Whenua: Alien Weaponry Shake Europe. RNZ Music's new 10-part web series that follows Northland thrash metal band Alien Weaponry on their 2018 European tour. Read more Video

3:20 PM.Singer-songwriter Lydia Cole is back from two years living in Berlin. She's currently touring NZ before heading back to tour Europe in March. Kirsten Johnstone caught up with her for a chat and a live… Read more Video, Audio

2:20 PM.Australian blues musician C.W Stoneking tells Elliott Childs about collaborating with Jack White and Queens of the Stone Age’s Josh Homme, and reinventing himself throughout his career. Read more Audio

2:10 PM.Al Park has been a stalwart of the Christchurch music scene for a considerable number of years. Trevor Reekie sits down with Al and Adam McGrath to talk about the new tribute album Better Already -… Read more Audio

1:17 PM.Welsh musician Cate Le Bon live in session with Kiran Dass in RNZ's Auckland studios just after she arrived in the country. Read more Video, Audio

2:40 PM.Queensland teen punk trio the Chats found viral success with the video for their song 'Smoko', a tongue-in-cheek ode to the sanctity of the Australian tea break. Midway through their first NZ tour… Read more Video, Audio

1:00 PM.The Song Crush team this week debrief on the Grammy Awards, country/pop artist Jamie McDell explains why Kacey Musgraves won album of the year, and there's new music from Jessica Pratt, Nakhane and… Read more Video, Audio

7:00 PM.In this week's Pocket Edition we talk to Dr Kirsten Zemke about recent abuse allegations in the music industry, and catch up with Horace Panter from The Specials. Read more Audio

5:00 PM.Teresa Paterson has been involved in the NZ music industry for more than two decades working in band management, PR and at record labels, including a stint as the head of Virgin Records NZ. She shares… Read more Video, Audio

4:00 PM.In 1993 Phil Bell AKA Sir Vere co-founded 95bFM's True School Hip Hop Show. Since then he's dabbled in TV and publishing, and is now Program and Content Director at Mai FM. Ahead of the True School… Read more Video, Audio